I have a Zenoah G26 that has been converted to electronic ignition by RCIgnitions and was wondering if there is a profile out there that this would work in. The converted engine is about 10oz. lighter than stock but I wonder if it is still too heavy to work well. Any thoughts??

You could slap that on a OMP 65" Yak? I recall it being done. Just do a little search here on RCU in these forums and also under the OMP support forum up top. I'm sure my eyes didn't decieve me and it was done not too long ago.

Here are a couple threads with them on.

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_26...key_g26/tm.htm

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_25...tm.htm#2580734

Thanks guys. I need to figure out what I'm going to do with my Cermark Pitts?? I recently purchased a 47" yak and have flown it twice. After two flights I'm hooked. I had a Funtana that I could hover o.k. but never could back it down close. On my second trip to the field with the yak I was able to back it down to about 8' and hold it for a long time. I think I could hover a whole tank out. This thing rocks!! This is the first profile at the field and now everybody wants one. Anyway, the Pitts flies great with the G26 but it's just not as fun as the profile.

HA HA.

Now you are hooked on profiles. In less than a year you will have nothing but profiles and you will sell all other planes to clean out for new slabs. I've got a Mojo 60 with Saito 91 and Sirrus servos for sale. Interested.?

IT"S OK. Don't worry too much.

Oh what part of MO. are you in????

IowaSilvia,
My WIFE doesn't think I need more planes, I just thought I could get rid of the Pitts and have enough cash to build a slab kit for my G26. Farmington is about 60 miles south of St.Louis. What's your location??

cwhite

I'm the guy who built the Yak mentioned in STLPilot's post below. The plane is a blast to fly and I'm learning lot with it. The G26 also has RCIgnitions ignition conversion on it and the plane weighs 8.5lbs, may be a little light for flying on windy days because of the big wing. No lack of power, throttle management is a must and vertical is absolutely unlimited. Mine was built from the kit, but if it ever died, I'd buy the ARF and modify the nose to fit the engine.

I've shortened two propellors because of the soft landing gear, you might want to look for something a little stiffer. I'm having a problem with the plywood root rib breaking the glue joint at the leading edge. It's been repaired two times now, and I will be starting the third time this morning. It's going to get some serious reinforcing this time. I created the problem by cartwheeling the plane a couple of months ago, but it would still be a smart thing to reinforce the joint.

If you have any questions, let me know.

Chuck

Chuck, might want to make sure the 1/8" hardwood dowel pins are securely glued in place through the ply root rib and into the leading stock using epoxy. Many use CA but CA is brittle and not good for high stress areas.

Mike,

I will check the dowel pins tomorrow when I start the repair. I'm going to put in gusset using aircraft plywood that is expoxied to the leading edge of the wing and the root rib. The bolt hole will be counter bored in the gusset to take a 10-24 by 2" socket head bolt.

After I flew the plane Sunday night, one of the better pilots at our field (I'm one of the hacks) started asking questions about it. He seemed pretty interested, particularly since it would fit in the back of his truck without disassembly. He and the club president certainly like the power to weight ratio. I hadn’t flown it for a month and got a little heavy on the throttle on takeoff. Somebody said I should try to use a little more of the runway next time, apparently he liked the 10' take off distance.


Chuck

he he, next time do a vertical launch!

CWHITE: I live by Springfield. So I'm about 3 hrs from you. It would be in your best intrest to get rid of that pitts. It will only collect dust after flying profiles. I know, cuz my circle planes have, but I've sold them all now.

Wifes are that way. They think 1 is enough. But someday when she is *****in. Go directly to her closet and start counting how many pairs of shoes she has. For every 6 pair she has that is how many planes you can have. So if she has 36 pairs of shoes, I guess you can have 6 flyable planes.

How does that pitts fly anyways. It won't 3D will it?

Mike,

After Sunday evening, I'm never going to do a hand launch. A guy about 30' from me, hand launched his electric plane and the fuselage broke. When I looked in his direction, he looked like he was trying to get away from a bee. He took five stitches in the muscle on the bottom side of his forearm.

Not pretty.

Chuck

I don't think your 65" yak will break. Just power it up enough for it to pull out of a hover. Grab it where the canopy is and toss it up.

Sorry to hear about the accident though. That sounds like it hurt. OUCH

Yeah, sorry to hear about that accident as well. Never compromise safety!